The darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
1 John 2:8
Words: Shirley E. Murray, 1987.
Music: Vruechten 17th Century Dutch tune. Harmony by Alice Parker, 1969 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Parker (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
BECAUSE YOU LIVE, O CHRIST
Text © 1987 Hope Publishing Company
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Harmonization © 1969 Alice Parker, assigned 1987 to Hope Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Used by permission.
Because You live, O Christ,
The garden of the world has come to flower;
The darkness of the tomb
Is flooded with Your resurrection power.
Refrain
The stone has rolled away
And death cannot imprison!
O sing this Easter Day,
For Jesus Christ has risen,
Has risen, has risen, has risen!
Because You live, O Christ,
The spirit bird of hope is freed for flying;
Our cages of despair
No longer keep us closed and life-denying.
Refrain
Because You live, O Christ,
The rainbow of Your peace will span creation,
The colors of Your love
Will draw all humankind to adoration.
Refrain
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